PAUL GONSALVES and TUBBY HAYES JUST FRIENDS VINYL LP UK COLUMBIA RARE IST PRESS
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PAUL GONSALVES AND TUBBY HAYES JUST FRIENDS VINYL LP UK COLUMBIA FIRST PRESSING WITH GRAMOPHONE AROUND LABEL RIM, EMBOSSED KT TAX CODE ON LABEL SIDE 2, CATALOGUE SX6003 MONO, MATRIX XAX2970 - 1G / XAX2971 - 1G
VINYL CONDITION : NEAR MINT - LIES FLAT ON TURNTABLE - A FEW SPINDLE MARKS ON PAPER LABEL - FULL ORIGINAL SHEEN.
SLEEVE CONDITION : EXCELLENT AS VERY MINOR BLUNTING AND WEAR AT CORNERS OTHERWISW COULD BE NEAR MINT.NICE CLEAN CLEAR SPINE.
PROBABLY AS GOOD AN UPGRADE AS YOU CAN FIND FOR THIS RARE JAZZ ALBUM WHICH IS OVER 48 YEARS OLD.
When Duke Ellington's band played the Royal Festival Hall in 1964, star saxophonist Paul Gonsalves was suddenly taken stoned, leaving a massive gap in the Ducal front line. A dep was needed urgently, and Tubby Hayes was the natural choice. He overcame the small obstacle of Gonsalves having no band parts (he'd memorised the lot) by transposing Jimmy Hamilton's clarinet scores, and aced it when Mrs Clinkscales' best known pupil called him forward for Gonsalves' feature on 'Diminuendo in Blue' and 'Crescendo in Blue'. When he'd recovered, Mex, as Gonsalves was known, vowed to make a record with his stand-in, andJust Friends was the result. Personnel: Jimmy Deuchar, Les Condon, Keith Christie, Tubby Hayes, Paul Gonsalves, Jackie Sharpe, Stan Tracey, Lennie Bush, Ronnie StephensonTRACKLISTING
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VINYL CONDITION
SS STILL SEALED IN ORIGINAL PACKAGING M A PERFECT RECORD. THIS GRADE IS ONLY USED IN THE RARE INSTANCE THAT A RECORD LOOKS ABSOLUTELY UNPLAYED NM NEAR PERFECT. AT WORST, A FEW PAPER RUBS--NOTHING THAT WOULD EVER AFFECT PLAYBACK. EX A RECORD WITH SOME VERY LIGHT MARKINGS. THESE MARKINGS WILL HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE PLAYBACK OF THE RECORD VG+ A RECORD WITH WITH SOME MARKINGS. THESE MARKING WILL NOT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT PLAY. VG A RECORD WITH MILD SURFACE WEAR--SOME MARKINGS/VERY FEW LIGHT SCRATCHES. THERE MAY BE MILD SURFACE NOISE, BUT ITS OVERALL IMPACT ON THE PLAYBACK OF THE RECORD WILL STILL BE SMALL. VG- A RECORD THAT SHOWS SOME WEAR FROM PLAY. SURFACE MARKS AND SOME LIGHT SCRATCHES MAY BE SEEN. STILL ENJOYABLE. G A RECORD THAT HAS BEEN ENJOYED. SURFACE MARKS WILL BE APPARENT AND SOME SCRATCHES ARE POSSIBLE. LUSTER MAY BE LOST. SURFACE NOISE WILL NOT DOMINATE PLAYBACK. SLEEVE CONDITION SS STILL SEALED IN ORIGINAL PACKAGING M A COVER THAT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS NOT BEEN HANDLED. SHARP CORNERS AND NO VISIBLE BLEMISHES. NM A COVER WITH ONLY MINOR SHELF WEAR. A RECORD THAT HAS CLEARLY BEEN STORED PROPERLY. EX A COVER THAT HAS BEEN HANDLED PROPERLY, BUT DOES SHOW ITS AGE. MINOR WEAR, BUT NOTHING DISTRACTING. VG+ A COVER THAT DOES HAVE MINOR BLEMISHES--WEAR TO CORNERS, LIGHT RINGWEAR, ETC. AN AVERAGE COVER CONDITION. VG A COVER THAT SHOWS DISTINCT WEAR FROM HANDLING. THERE MAY BE RINGWEAR, MINOR DISCOLORING, EDGE AND SPINE WEAR AND LESS THAN 1.5" SEAMSPLIT(S). VG- A COVER THAT HAS SOME DAMAGE, BUT IS STILL INTACT. RINGWEAR MAY BE HEAVY; THERE MAY BE SEAM SPLITS AND STAINS. G A COVER THAT HOLDS THE RECORD. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE MAY BE APPARENT. THE PICTURE SHOULD SHOW OBVIOUS BLEMISHES.